Select a date
Go to today
Skip calendar selector
Legend for calendar days
Indicator for Days with content
Indicator for the Selected day
Indicator for a Weekend
Downloads
Download content and documents relevant to the day's proceedings.
Commons Hansard for 12 February 1914 (Volume 58)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
30 April 2026 at 10.20am.
Commons Chamber
Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House of Commons
(item number 1)
(id 4e182065-0e82-4003-944d-d147dbd60cd5)
HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES (IRELAND).
(item number 2)
(id 92808ef0-3de0-4a77-8f30-ebe6872f99cb)
NEW WRITS.
(item number 3)
(id 9735b480-ca6a-49dd-8d53-83ab05515252)
ALEXANDRA (NEWPORT AND SOUTH WALES) DOCKS AND RAILWAY BILL.
(item number 4)
(id 91e470b2-bc49-4387-8a53-fdcba3369c03)
ALLIANCE AND DUBLIN CONSUMERS GAS (ELECTRIC SUPPLY) BILL.
(item number 5)
(id 1fa295cc-f1dd-41ba-8ccb-112f3f5bc886)
ASHINGTON URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL BILL.
(item number 6)
(id de535cc5-bc34-416c-a28e-8eae8e48cc0f)
BARNSLEY CORPORATION BILL.
(item number 7)
(id 95ec82b7-e143-4a98-8920-1cc01fea1df8)
BEDWAS AND MACHEN URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL BILL
(item number 8)
(id 7facc02d-e490-49f8-9aca-6035a1227af9)
BIRMINGHAM CORPORATION BILL.
(item number 9)
(id f0eba825-3ffb-4df6-be6b-ef05c7489e61)
BRECON AND MERTHYR TYDVIL JUNCTION RAILWAY BILL.
(item number 10)
(id 0a3f746b-a3bd-48c4-acec-eb968f59d232)
CARDIFF RAILWAY BILL.
(item number 11)
(id 136e06be-4cc6-4391-93b4-14bfb445f147)
CARDIFF RAILWAY (COMPOUNDING OF TONNAGE RATES) BILL.
(item number 12)
(id d821bc54-374b-4ab1-921c-76e2e1959424)
CAVAN AND LEITRIM RAILWAY BILL.
(item number 13)
(id 9cb09f9b-b010-4058-b70d-7fdbc1237187)
CENTRAL LONDON RAILWAY BILL.
(item number 14)
(id 95284b7e-6be3-48c7-a7c9-e136c91a2c6b)
CHELSEA BOROUGH COUNCIL (SUPERANNUATION AND PENSIONS) BILL.
(item number 15)
(id de26e003-c231-4af7-90c4-04035f087f35)
CHESTERFIELD CORPORATION BILL.
(item number 16)
(id 05252597-f577-4ccc-9e47-922c2089fc03)
CHISWICK URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL BILL.
(item number 17)
(id 66df8712-214b-4ec1-8170-840b23aa04db)
CITY OF LONDON (VARIOUS POWERS) BILL.
(item number 18)
(id b9a27255-973d-4b3b-befe-deddcb5b81a0)
CLERGY MUTUAL ASSURANCE SOCIETY BILL.
(item number 19)
(id 4b3e0731-74f7-47c8-9961-0a013e97ddc8)
CORN EXCHANGE COMPANY (MARK LANE) BILL.
(item number 20)
(id da0cc723-aeef-4bc1-b7e5-a728ed403422)
CRYSTAL PALACE BILL.
(item number 21)
(id 12d839a4-209a-43f0-8eef-6f662fd1f89b)
DEAL AND WALMER GAS AND ELECTRICITY BILL.
(item number 22)
(id e6e61fe7-ef82-4c24-9953-69d4d341950c)
FISHGUARD AND ROSSLARE RAILWAYS AND HARBOURS BILL.
(item number 23)
(id 1948be05-074f-4a62-bad5-ab53c4a94fee)
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY BILL.
(item number 24)
(id e49110cb-19ac-462b-bd32-dbce8a500358)
HAYWARD'S HEATH GAS BILL.
(item number 25)
(id b2b08c18-c55d-4cd9-b6ef-01dde9adc6b9)
ISLE OF THANET GAS BILL.
(item number 26)
(id 4f29d841-da2d-402c-b77f-8bf5e8da7af3)
KIDSGROVE GAS BILL.
(item number 27)
(id ad2db695-d7aa-4990-a1ce-8e30f3f0157d)
LEYLAND GAS AND ELECTRICITY BILL.
(item number 28)
(id 16e9db8b-a3fd-4f2c-9523-fae3b20a9984)
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (GENERAL POWERS) BILL.
(item number 29)
(id c0e1fc1c-0fed-46e9-8eda-6b12c15a4cbe)
LONDON ELECTRIC RAILWAY BILL
(item number 30)
(id 9c92c1f3-ff36-40b8-bec9-c47f489071a7)
LONDON ELECTRIC SUPPLY BILL.
(item number 31)
(id b9f0c436-4c71-4352-8313-d77a92b354b6)
LONDON UNITED TRAMWAYS BILL.
(item number 32)
(id 9abd957d-f949-405a-b743-f5336b999a09)
LURGAN GAS AND ELECTRICITY BILL
(item number 33)
(id dd259c3a-ff56-48c4-9d4d-5fa6bd1fcf9f)
MARKET RASEN WATER BILL.
(item number 34)
(id 5c4c2a36-db64-466e-9018-7a21cab99863)
METROPOLITAN AND GREAT NORTHERN RAIL WAY COMPANIES BILL.
(item number 35)
(id 2a6e19f6-8d76-463c-9ef9-9b567e083c3d)
MIDDLESBROUGH CORPORATION BILL.
(item number 36)
(id defcc230-f2a1-4dc2-9a99-48e32c165ee1)
MIDDLESEX COUNTY COUNCIL (WESTERN ROAD AND IMPROVEMENTS AND FINANCE) BILL.
(item number 37)
(id 5b5bdeab-086c-4fb8-b89b-c89c4c10df6b)
MOLD AND DENBIGH JUNCTION RAILWAY BILL.
(item number 38)
(id a446c88e-af98-426b-aa2c-48308231733c)
NORTHERN JUNCTION RAILWAY BILL.
(item number 39)
(id ff0b0d75-f669-4d94-af51-7ae126cee84d)
NORTHWICH URBAN DISTRICT BILL.
(item number 40)
(id 4750e03c-3328-4ae4-98ab-0da58567cfcf)
OSSETT CORPORATION BILL.
(item number 41)
(id ed9dcf0d-a5dc-481f-800e-db6b698b3c47)
OXFORD AND DISTRICT TRAMWAYS BILL
(item number 42)
(id 09d6cce4-449a-4b52-97b9-a73de8cecad9)
PORT OF LONDON AUTHORITY BILL.
(item number 43)
(id 54273422-917f-4436-ba2b-aa095a2b1963)
PORT TALBOT RAILWAY AND DOCKS BILL.
(item number 44)
(id 55520657-bf89-4562-b840-b6d86260cfb5)
PRESTON CORPORATION BILL.
(item number 45)
(id 4c6e72bb-cc56-4258-b4cd-40135603e0b9)
RHONDDA AND SWANSEA BAY RAILWAY BILL.
(item number 46)
(id 8e089a13-a58e-4cb5-a523-3761c927720d)
RHYMNEY RAILWAY BILL.
(item number 47)
(id da844f6c-ff3f-4b80-8c9e-925558326b99)
RIDDINGS DISTRICT GAS BILL.
(item number 48)
(id 6e7dd7d1-8421-49ff-a7fd-17b26a32467c)
ST. ANNE'S-ON-THE-SEA IMPROVEMENT BILL.
(item number 49)
(id 98cc8a99-8d3a-4424-9af7-29ae74195f86)
SEVERN NAVIGATION BILL.
(item number 50)
(id 376e0dd4-7f01-4861-9874-8465cbad065f)
SOUTHEND GAS BILL.
(item number 51)
(id a3426efa-7885-438f-976d-2e6cbd5b334a)
SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE MINES DRAINAGE BILL.
(item number 52)
(id f5f37f93-b67d-42e5-8ed4-217ab3b850ab)
SOUTH SUBURBAN GAS BILL.
(item number 53)
(id 47ec170b-423e-4752-8168-cd4fc10db74b)
STOURBRIDGE NAVIGATION BILL.
(item number 54)
(id 2f383be0-3b53-4eec-a6b5-d83d749502ee)
TAFF VALE RAILWAY BILL.
(item number 55)
(id 4df72af5-4347-4973-bbb6-a3e79440547b)
TEES VALLEY WATER BILL.
(item number 56)
(id c84059ca-a755-4981-8acd-ddaacf5d4cd1)
UPPER MEDWAY NAVIGATION AND CONSER VANCY BILL.
(item number 57)
(id 6aed6850-8c45-4f66-9a03-ec4a3b6b6619)
WADHURST AND DISTRICT GAS BILL.
(item number 58)
(id 2841b6b6-84b3-4215-83fb-ff25752d8eb8)
WALSALL CORPORATION BILL.
(item number 59)
(id 6c606694-8241-42e0-9bb1-a834f2ec9ea8)
WEYMOUTH AND MELCOMBE REGIS CORPORATION BILL.
(item number 60)
(id 86978135-a61a-4e94-a33e-f1d70091f737)
YORK CORPORATION BILL.
(item number 61)
(id ce526107-08c2-410f-812b-fd0cc4dcc841)
GAS PROVISIONAL ORDER (No. 1) BILL.
(item number 62)
(id e5b531ee-031f-4a42-99d7-546bcb0a9fee)
AGRICULTURAL CREDIT SOCIETIES.
(item number 63)
(id 1fd59611-71be-425c-90ca-3790d74f4636)
NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE (JOINT COMMITTEE).
(item number 64)
(id 17fdc218-8154-4110-bb3a-2bdbdd34456a)
NATIONAL INSURANCE ACTS, 1911 AND 1913.
(item number 65)
(id 251599b9-b19d-4724-a71b-27efa4e42f14)
ARMY (MILITARY SAVINGS BANKS).
(item number 66)
(id 27a4ad96-8a79-4427-9e17-0778bef75559)
TRADE AND NAVIGATION.
(item number 67)
(id c52a15bb-b395-429f-92d0-4c1c2ef21c86)
CONCILIATION ACT, 1896.
(item number 68)
(id dc8736eb-04a0-427c-aa77-f51c3819d234)
TREASURY CHEST.
(item number 69)
(id 185ddd10-fb79-4b21-9d65-b163aa193737)
TRADE REPORTS (ANNUAL SERIES).
(item number 70)
(id 73bdddc0-4c24-4175-a946-7f9a4beb1640)
PRESERVATION OF ANCIENT MONU MENTS (MISCELLANEOUS, No. 1, 1914).
(item number 71)
(id 0b031fdd-7c78-43f3-b2dd-299f81e81859)
SANTIAGO MISSION.
(item number 72)
(id a157eae7-68d3-46fb-9f2a-2b76f7ece148)
EVICTIONS (IRELAND).
(item number 73)
(id 29b09d40-15ec-4cfa-bf2d-97c97b440bd1)
COLLEGE CHARTER ACT, 1871.
(item number 74)
(id 86fde0a6-64d2-4cce-a0c9-5b708f2dc3d8)
POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK (REGULATIONS).
(item number 75)
(id d96b2c66-a1f3-4261-9dc6-99dd5527a227)
LAND REGISTRY (NEW BUILDINGS) ACT, 1900.
(item number 76)
(id 02e868c7-a574-4433-939a-615ff3102930)
NAVY (APPROPRIATION ACCOUNT).
(item number 77)
(id 0cb5091f-6bd8-4901-b399-3ee4acbd0752)
PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCIES (ELECTORS, ETC.) FOR JANUARY, 1914.
(item number 78)
(id b2de52f6-1fdc-44aa-965b-7e73d4f5c062)
PAUPERISM (ENGLAND AND WALES) (MONTHLY STATEMENTS).
(item number 79)
(id 3d53f487-468d-4dc3-b017-3ca0c7973447)
POOR RELIEF (ENGLAND AND WALES).
(item number 80)
(id 6d64efdb-28e7-4fc8-8996-42823fef6225)
MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS.
(item number 81)
(id 220bc59d-cbe1-4b71-ab88-bebcba9803f6)
ELECTRIC LIGHTING PROVISIONAL ORDER (No. 8, KINGSTOWN) BILL [Lords] (SUSPENDED),
(item number 82)
(id 6fc884ac-e3b1-457c-a12d-579f52d5e985)
ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.
View all ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.
Outrages (Ireland).
Volunteer Forces (Ireland).
(item number 1)
(id 4c1a7a7e-85ed-4b1a-82da-579ea09c625b)
Royal Irish Constabulary.
(item number 1)
(id 1e525a11-428c-400c-b313-4bc64d632e9a)
Importation of Arms (Ireland).
(item number 1)
(id 50283096-136c-4690-b638-61c271e98aa6)
National School Teachers (Ireland).
(item number 1)
(id 45a38339-972c-4ff2-b2b5-e1a0ae84e5e0)
Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Ireland).
(item number 1)
(id 9c12d1ad-94e9-4fc3-9826-9aa53c400443)
Southern Rhodesia (Land Ownership).
(item number 1)
(id 8d19ed9e-f4f3-4aba-b773-afe5c196259c)
New Hebrides.
(item number 1)
(id a11d33c4-4309-495e-a436-a6a8c81e6487)
Indentured Labour (Natal).
(item number 1)
(id b2c85afe-b6e9-4a0b-9003-d43281829a67)
Labour Trouble (South Africa).
(item number 1)
(id 93d124b7-266d-46db-9c4e-a968fa75ac1f)
Native Labour (British East Africa).
(item number 1)
(id cd186039-a207-4389-a5a8-d50d880a04e6)
Government Building Contracts.
(item number 1)
(id 32fa7613-8a1b-48d5-b18e-cadbc0c56763)
Uncertificated Teachers.
(item number 1)
(id 16c01725-1148-46cc-921c-db388cb573da)
Welsh Education Department.
(item number 1)
(id a19632a7-3996-4e37-a8e0-cff3e371b98a)
Elementary School Teachers (Pensions).
(item number 1)
(id c33783d9-2c34-45b3-a6f7-22a391039b90)
NATIONAL INSURANCE ACT.
CONTRIBUTIONS OF INSURED PERSONS (RESERVE).
(item number 1)
(id ba4d004b-ad72-41ed-a3db-d18d9e489784)
MEDICAL PANELS.
(item number 1)
(id 99c70dd3-272b-4015-8ecb-f67b100ebb6f)
DEPOSIT CONTRIBUTORS.
(item number 1)
(id a7672032-d04f-43d6-978a-d0dc9854d398)
WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION.
(item number 1)
(id 5f140178-9e4d-4f27-8adf-9367a387f61f)
INVESTMENT OF FUNDS.
(item number 1)
(id 1c0b47bb-ad46-4c80-b696-956387b6d7be)
SANATORIUM BENEFIT (KENT).
(item number 1)
(id 206499a4-bf75-4f0c-81cb-e1e2444f08ef)
TUBERCULOSIS TREATMENT.
(item number 1)
(id 2471532b-64be-44d6-8351-0b30244fab5b)
INSURANCE COMMITTEES (TRAVELLING EXPENSES).
(item number 1)
(id ed15e227-5b73-4579-8ab4-1cb2d92edb5c)
ADMINISTRATION OF ACT.
(item number 1)
(id 410846e8-119c-42a0-b454-cceb6ac3f23d)
UNEMPLOYMENT FUND.
(item number 1)
(id fb55d32f-494b-4fb9-9f0b-873b359774ce)
State Registration of Nurses.
(item number 1)
(id 745574b6-ce8b-4a84-8b86-a17bfdab55b0)
Street Accidents (Metropolitan Area).
(item number 1)
(id d29e1400-8578-4fb0-999f-2c078b991b4d)
Credit Drapers (Hawkers' Licences).
(item number 1)
(id 27302f5f-2955-4a89-8787-3a4b6981b82a)
Outworkers (Returns).
(item number 1)
(id a74067f4-98ba-4711-8709-a5bb4960aebb)
Victor Raleigh (Dorset Assizes).
(item number 1)
(id f54cde3a-0c0f-4347-bdcf-785b6e9ee6a5)
Labour Exchange (Canning Town).
(item number 1)
(id 9912eaae-c6e1-4e03-a9b0-9906f8303731)
Wheat Prices.
(item number 1)
(id 734ab136-a95b-4391-aab5-e7e8036bf1ac)
Naval Prize Bill.
(item number 1)
(id ca33f4e2-c6a3-405f-943a-8d31f41dddec)
San Francisco Exhibition.
(item number 1)
(id 33197efe-b6bd-4f05-af42-cf7084cd3ed3)
ROYAL NAVY.
PORTSMOUTH DOCKYARD FIRE.
(item number 1)
(id 487698a9-3155-49eb-9102-01969fd78636)
H.M.S. "PSYCHE."
(item number 1)
(id 1107fa2d-553d-429f-90fa-32ecfa902c74)
SUBMARINES (LOSS OF A7).
(item number 1)
(id 298712e1-33ff-42ff-8c35-30f4ab771107)
NAVAL CONSTRUCTION (GERMANY).
(item number 1)
(id e646e121-1c85-4234-af41-f1c806dd3614)
OIL FUEL.
(item number 1)
(id 0edf79d1-ab80-4e53-b5c7-96a45cf435e0)
H.M.S. "INVINCIBLE."
(item number 1)
(id bbd2d3e5-db25-4978-a689-b96c14c80b6f)
H.M.S. "EMPRESS OF INDIA."
(item number 1)
(id ede78587-6646-4cbc-99a8-ed19bea9c192)
REX v. POTTER.
(item number 1)
(id a69b4bda-ffee-4a0c-9ed7-e6091500d4ff)
PERSONAL EXPLANATION.
(item number 1)
(id bdc5750a-de35-451e-99ee-8d9f5b2ed781)
HIS MAJESTY'S GRACIOUS SPEECH.
(item number 84)
(id febae16c-11c4-43e8-b6a7-e96cb5aaa7f7)
DEBATE OX THE ADDEESS. [Third Pay.]
(item number 85)
(id 8b39496d-a72d-48b9-bb33-780550425038)
UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA (INDEMNITY BILL).
(item number 86)
(id a5ce4f30-adaf-4141-a411-37c3b44cbc71)
MINE AND RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.
(item number 87)
(id 465b7cf6-57cf-452a-9378-01eef0a418a7)
Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Bank Balances.
Land Value Duties.
Imperial and Local Taxation (Depart mental Committee).
(item number 1)
(id 0abcc16a-56bc-4eca-89b1-0ce47225a30e)
Land Purchase (Offers to Government).
(item number 1)
(id a853da34-3733-4e61-a1c8-08fc7ac9d5e5)
Action for Trespass (Gore Division, Middlesex).
(item number 1)
(id c0432fc2-b339-4029-b703-b6236f1e0efa)
Naval Lieutenants (Resignations).
(item number 1)
(id ede24c81-b619-4447-b5c4-e78aad7fcfff)
Persian Gulf Medals.
(item number 1)
(id 6d2ddc26-4d87-47a6-ad7e-485230a4409b)
Military Forces.
(item number 1)
(id 8fd9bc95-d5d4-41ae-a5ee-b68b01657f8c)
Viscount Crichton, Horse Guards.
(item number 1)
(id 6703525b-eb37-4016-b79a-3618aa99ba62)
South Africa (British Troops).
(item number 1)
(id e9308ec6-a31e-4f5a-82b3-a1a5aeb43b89)
Army Officers' Pay.
(item number 1)
(id 54fb07c0-3acd-4ccb-a141-2234a47837eb)
Victoria and Albert Museum (Old Ceramic Gallery).
(item number 1)
(id 599b9352-dd6c-491a-ae80-8fde3710ffcf)
Women Prisoners.
(item number 1)
(id c17c0e28-250f-474b-a39e-d0cae9749213)
Street Accidents (Metropolitan Area).
(item number 1)
(id 14870908-3cd6-48ac-b788-f95712accd58)
Mr. Lansbury.
(item number 1)
(id 2121d153-3650-4b23-9681-4586b4afea28)
Crown Colonies (Indian Population).
(item number 1)
(id 27d71a14-bc79-4c7e-82c3-66cf3b71e401)
Maltese Rules of Evidence.
(item number 1)
(id 6bce9ad7-4019-45a4-93ce-2be1e81bf9c9)
Army Officers (Leave).
(item number 1)
(id fb192e6a-c2ef-493b-92ce-cdd79bafe975)
Indian Labour (Crown Colonies).
(item number 1)
(id e59cbb01-cc05-4696-b5a6-e70de56b5c4f)
Indian Army Officers (Promotion).
(item number 1)
(id a54c4ad5-559f-4696-a50c-dd7e63a0e38d)
Peasant Proprietors (Punjab).
(item number 1)
(id 11e1363c-1a31-4159-90db-4ff1fae9e246)
Exported Horses.
(item number 1)
(id 1538c731-4412-439d-936c-d06ec7d9a125)
Tuberculosis Order (Compensation).
(item number 1)
(id 726a05cb-fafc-4533-afc5-989571552525)
Swine Fever.
(item number 1)
(id a189cd33-8ed4-4072-a58e-c221e2b6c2e0)
Foot-and-Mouth Disease.
(item number 1)
(id d419a650-658c-4824-a206-1f2d27896b1f)
Irish Cattle.
(item number 1)
(id 26e7fbbf-6385-4865-9f6a-922a2ef87202)
Scottish Fisheries (Report of Depart mental Committee).
(item number 1)
(id c3a953b9-0108-484c-896b-08ba37167bb2)
Declaration of London.
(item number 1)
(id 55be114b-ca80-411b-9619-1d2d515e5d95)
Sea Fisheries Convention.
(item number 1)
(id 65fbe985-f516-4345-9ceb-88a4c026c10d)
Safety of Life at Sea (International Convention).
(item number 1)
(id c5cc0cb6-4fdc-4082-a8ee-c59a4439cb4a)
Payments to Sub-Postmasters.
(item number 1)
(id e850aec3-fe51-40bc-9b98-5740b8ff7f02)
Downloads
Download content and documents relevant to the day's proceedings.